Why is it always one step forward and two steps back in this city? A report in this paper highlighted how considerable time and money was spent on to desilt Mithi river, only for the Metro workers to dump yet more debris into the water body.

One must not forget that Mithi played a large part in the 2005 flooding disaster in Mumbai. A citizen activist has alleged that the debris from Metro III (Colaba-Bandra-Seepz) corridor has reduced the width of the river in Dharavi from 25 metres to 15 metres. This reduces the Mithi river’s width and, of course, impedes the free flow of the river.